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ROBERT C PROFILET
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 2, 1941 – October 2, 1968
Service recordRobert C Profilet, of Cairo, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1968, in Thailand, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Cairo, Illinois (Alexander County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 63
- CARL W MYLLYMAKI IIIFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- STEVEN LEONARD PALMQUISTLance Corporal · October 2, 1968
- EDWARD LLOYD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 2, 1968
- JIMMY ANDREW SMALLWOODStaff Sergeant · October 2, 1968
From Cairo
- WALTER THOMAS GUERINSergeant · February 7, 1966
- BENNIE LEE CROSSSergeant · March 7, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM JONESPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TERRY JRPrivate · October 22, 1967
- MARSHALL D JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- RUSSELL RICHARD BEELERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.